Dixon Evening Telegraph from Dixon, Illinois • Page 1

EVENING TELEGRAPH. io ents Per Week. DIXON, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 16. 1898.

ifteenth ear No. 84 Have You Seen the Real Estate. They are the only perfect black skirt made. They will not crock, and the fit is perfect. W.F.

Weaver Co, Round Corner Block. Sponges! Sponges! Spongts 1 I find that I have quite a large stock of sponges which I wish to reduce, and if you are in need of a Slate Sponge, a Sponge, a Bath Sponge, a Carriage Sponge, or old you will find them at A ZEE. THI soxl Pharmacist. CELEBRATED HIE EGG The best coal on the market fo" use in your soft coal farnaee or cooking range. Exclusive sale by E.H.

CRABTREE, Galena near bridge. S. 8. DODGE, fis Jeweler. Having purchased for cash the largest and litest line of Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, Cut Glass and China, Fiver brought to Dixon.

can not only make you the LOWEST PRICES, but everything will BE AS REPRESENT 1 D. Gor.First R. H. HOWELL, 57 First Street. The le not merely a scientific marvel, it is the most wonderful entertainer of the e.

There is no limit to its repertoire or to its variety. Music of all kinds is produced with a perfection of tone that delights the ear. Recitations, i or imitations by clever comedians, and everything in the way of pleasures at appeal to the sense of hearing are within the range of the Graphophone. te Graphophone not only reproduces the musical and other records made for tertainment purposes, but records and reproduces speech or any other us affording endless wonder, instruction and amusement. A good opportunity will be afforded you to judge of merits by attending the graphophone concert at le Baptist Church Thursday evening, February 17.

(i. O. WEN DEL, Jeweler. MRV You will want a VALENTINE, Monday is the day Better see our beautiful line hile it is complete. It is made up of the choicest that could be found.

L. E. EDWARDS. Dixon Camp. S.

of meets tonight. Burt Hunter is out again after an illnees. D. DoLahue of Walnut is at Hotel Bishop. 1).

Wetherbee is down from the Kingdom. Rucker Lodge, No. 493, 1. O. O.

F. meets tonight. I Will Council, Jr. O. U.

A. meets tonight. P. Dickerson of Hock ford is at the Nachusa House. and Mrs.

K. W. Spruce are in from Franklin Grove. D. Clark of North Galena avenue is erecting a barn.

Ed. Keise of the Star cafe is back from a visit at Streator. G. Chi will hold a general at Howell's feed barn tomorrow. Dixon Camp, Tammany, will hold regular meeting tomorrow night.

W. H. Stiteley has returned to Mt. Carroll after a few visit here. Mrs.

Ed. Davidson has returned from a visit with relatives at Amboy. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W.

Craw ford came home last night from Chicago. Elmer Countryman is entertaining Mrs. VV. C. Black of Davenport line telephone No.

140 has been placed in Mrs. Mary A. imo. H. Penquite of Colfax, Iowa, has business here with Loveland A Stiteley.

Elmer Johnson of Lincoln, Nebraska, is here for a couple of days on business. A special meeting of Knights of the Globe is called fop this evening at 7:15 sharp. Mrs. B. F.

Stewart is home from a visit at Nelson with her daughter, Mrs. M. (Stitzel. Dixon Club members will enjoy a pedro party tomorrow evening at the club rooms. is the birthday of Samuel Bacharach, but he celebrated the evening in advance.

Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Schick entertain with cards this evening at their Bluff Park residence.

are out for a ladies' card party for next Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. C. W. Schick. Miss Lillie Guthrie is now chief operator at the local office of the Central Union Telephone Co.

C. F. Weltyof Walton, being in the city last night attended the banquet to G. P. Heed.

Burt Beetle, Andes Smith and May Wright are spending the day with Mrs. E. C. Preston. afternoon from 2 to 5 p.

m. at. the opera the W. (7. O.

will entertain with a progressive card party. Members of the A. O. U. W.

order greatly enjoyed a dancing party in their hall in building last night. Cochran, Grove, Davis, Booker, and Coe of Sterling attended the Catholic fair here last night. Goldie Boyer came homo from a visit at Hock Falla yesterday accompanied by Mrs. Bailey, who will visit here. and Mrs.

George Schorr have gone to Aurora to attend the funeral of the lady's died yesterday at tiiat place Gladys Steel, daughter of Mrs. George Steel, entertained a few of her little friends with a birthday yesterday. marriage license wa- granted last evening to Walter G. Irvin of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Miss Grace Simpson of Amboy, aged thirty-five and twenty- five. remains of the late Mrs.

Fannie Dixon will arrive here from Chicago at a. m. tomorrow and the funeral services bo held at the Mother dist church at 1:30 m. Aldrich and Bartlett, proprietors of the North Side grocery, have added a meat market to their business and commenced sales in that department this morning. They purchased the fixtures of Barney Kluever and have a neat and attractive market.

Hock Poultry tion will hold its show of in this city from December 0th to luth. inclu-- ive, and the display will be judged by Theodore Hughes of Trenton, Mis-j souri, who is considered the best in the land. VERY LATEST. This Evening Telegraphic Dispatches by Amtrk an Press Association. BUD-181TY SFAIIA1DS BLOW UP UNITED STATES MAN OF WAR, MAINE, IN HAVANNA HARBOR DESTROYED BY A TORPEDO I Many St amen Killed War Will Probably be Declared.

Special to'l HK Tri t.KAi’H hicago 111., Feb. Naval Committee of the House says the Mail was sunk by a torpedo. If this is true it is an ugly outlook for the Spanish authorities at Cuba. VERY LATEST. New York, Feb.

Summer in charge of the Brooklyn navy yard declares that the explosion on United States war steamer, Maine, at Havanna, Cuba, could not have been ai accident. The naval tender Mangi ve and Dispatch boat Yern, of the nu.y have been sent to Havanna. report says that over half of the of the Maine were killed outright by the explosion. Sharks are seen devouring many bodies and it is feared that but few will be recovered from the water. The opinion is freely expressed that a torpedo was exploded under the bottom of the steamer Maine.

The Central Cable Company reports to the Postal Tel. Co. that its cable to Cuba has been cut, where or why is not known, as this was the only cable directly connecting the Island of Cuba and the United States. Communica tion by wire therefore for the time be irig has been closed. It is presumed hat the same evil spirit that blew up our man-of-war and murdered our American seamen, cut the cable The Christian Citizenship.

C. H. Zimmerman of Evanston, 111., Field Secretary of the Christian ship League, will address the citizens of Dixon on next Monday evening, Feb. 8 at the.Court House. A movement has been set on foot to organize the moral elements of this community without regard to church or political affiliation for the better enforcement of our laws.

The officers who are endeavoring to do this need to feel that they have the support of all who are in the welfare of our city. Mr. Zimmerman has given years to the study of these questions and is an eloquent and vigorous speaker. A Rare Treat Is in store for those who would listen to the best vocal and instrumental, solo, quartette aud orchestral music the county affords. As announced elsewhere in program published this evening, a concert of this character, through the wonderful reproductions of the graphophone, will be given tomorrow evening at the Baptist church.

We have heard the instrument and the reproductions are almost absolutely perfect, and given with wonderful clearness and power. At the merely nominal price of admission the house should be crowded full. Independent Order of Odd Fellows Officers of Independent Order of Odd Fellows will meet tomorrow at Forreston to make- arrangements for the celebration on April 2fith of this year of the 77th anniversary of Odd Fellowship. Delegates to Forreston from Dixon will be Vice Louis Stephan, and O. B.

Anderson. They will confer with from Lee, Whiteside and Ogle counties snd the cities of Fulton, Morrison, Sterling, Itochelle, Oregon and Polo will be represented. Just Received a New and Large Line Dress Goods For Spring Trade! Black Serges, Henriettas, Lusterienes, Colored Dress Goods in Poplins, Fancy Hixtures and Plaids. Also a large assortment of the Celebrated Newport Skirts. Chas.

H. Regular Prices, Which Our Customers Can Testify Yeast Foam, per 3c Fresh Rolled Oats, 11 pounds 25c (iood Quality California Prunes, 24 pounds Finest Evaporated Raspberries, per pound 15c Javanese CoiTee (best package coffee) Lion or McLauglin XX XX, 10 pounds 88c California Peeled Yellow Peaches, 3 pound cans, 12 cans for Purity Laundry Starch, 7 pounds for 25c Purity Soda, per pound 5c Perfection Kerosene, 5 gallons 25c Pest Stove Gasoline, 5 gallons 40c California Muscatel Raisins, 24 pounds for 11.00 4c Magnet Cold Water Starch, per J. H. MORRIS SON, Telephone No. 21.

117 Galena Avenue. 1898 Columbia Desk Calendars i Telephone No. 51. Chad Woodyatt Won In last pool game at Thomas Kahler place between Chad Woodyatt and Dan Knapp, the former won, 125 to 104. The boy was less nervous than he was the night before and played in better form.

Tonight Chad plays with Frank Drew at Jake place. changed this evening: Chas. H. Lapham G. O.

Wendel; New York Store. I. B. Countryman Co Telephone No: 4 04383623.